Wednesday, 28 February 2007

This is the first day in more than a year that I wake up at 7.00am..7.00AM!!! never in the MONSTER history, unless i din sleep the whole night.

Haih, seven early eight early (chi zao ba zao) have to take bus to the royal infirmary to meet my Director of Studies to get a letter of recomendation for an application of grant for.....bla bla..(a form which took me loads n loads of trouble 2 fill in and the closing date was yesterday)..

kesimpulannya have to go out early to met a doctor that I din noe how he looks like. Tall? Short? fat? thin? got mole? mata juling?

Smart of me, asked one of my favourite senior yesterday how he looked like.

Senior: hm..he is quite tall, white hair, abit big

me: fat?

senior: not fat but got abit muscle 1..

me: hmm...sort of got the picture of him in my mind (must be something like Bill Clinton)

Reach the hospital at 7.50- batang hidung pun takda..DImana dia??

He said he is attending a meeting..hmm..so ppl shud b coming in soon..so i waited at the patient waiting area..one by one, the doctors come in. I wanted to ask them, but...All the doctors sort of have the same characteristics:::1) Muka garang 2) no smile3) walk in like wind, go out like wind. (chui fong yi lei, chui fong yi hui) Dun even have time to walk to them, they oredi gone from sight...

So many ppl walk in oredi..how come din see Bill Clinton 1??at last, one of the friendly nurse came in and asked me: R U ALRIGHT THERE?(typical question)

she then pointed me to the meeting room , but the meeting has already started...haih..so i waited ourside like orang bodoh la..for 1 hour..Smarter of me, i ask the nurse to point to me which 1 is Dr Croft.

The description given by senior is so accurate, except:::---he is 3/4 bald, so cant reeli see if he has white hair..---he is wearing a coat, so cant see his muscles..---the mist important point missed out: he is the only one in the room with beard..hmm...plus my eyes are half closed, so cant reeli see his height..

but luckily, managed to get his signature but comes in a package with a small lecture: " u musn't do this again to an old man.." cos i sort of get him to write it last minute..

anyway, SETTLED!!!...happy..go back sleepppp...

on da way back, as usual, i was sleeping on the bus. as i was halfway dreaming, one crazy apek hit me on the head with newspaper..feel like punching him lo..early early smash ppl's head..siao..but then i turn n look, he looks like the ketua kumpulan kaki buli with tatoo tatoo on the hand 1..i straight away smile n just turn around..

what a day..n it is just 9 am..

since i have no picture to put up, i shall put sum pics on manchester tripppp

Wednesday, 21 February 2007

ONEof the things that i miss most about chinese new year is KUIH KApit...(kuei neng keng) those love letters with chocolate n strawberry flavour that are sold in the big big supermarket are still 1 level below kuih kapit made by those aunty aunty at home..without kuei neng keng, CNY memang no mood..so..hmm..after the biskut kacang, i decided to try making..haha...annonymous: what is this medical student doing? jiak pa siu eng bo kang jo ar??noneed study ka..

where 2 find kapiter here in uk? summore need the 1 with dragon carving 1..the only kapiter i heard of is the 1 own by my dearest fren helen ( a garfield pillow that she use 2 kapit her legs while sleeping, given the name Kapita)

takpa la..tak cuba tak tau..

first trial..end up like pancake..super thick n super soft...as soon as the teeth in contact with the "kuih kapit gagal", can feel the kelembikan and got juice come out sumore...NO NO NO NO NO..this is not the homely feeling kuih kapit..how 2 make it crunchy?TING...aha..on bigger fire..

2nd try:ou no..the outer layer hangus..inner layer lembik..n it cook before i got the time to make a circle with the batter..so end up thick oso...FAIL..

4th try:- SUCCESS!!!First, remove the pan from the fire..so that the pan cool down a little..but the hob remain super hot..then one hand hold the pan, depending in which is your dominant hand. then the other hand pour in the batter..One nanosecond after you pour in, turn the pan in circular motion at a speed of 120 turns/min. This is to get a thin spread out layer. then quickly place on the hob as soon as ur turning have no effect on the batter.

peep at the bottom part of the kuih 2 get the right colour. then flip it over. as soon as flipped over, turn the fire small, to giv it time to dry up ---> CRUNCHY!!!

Then, you can either fold it into 4 (for pemalas) or roll it (which will cause loss of epithelium in short term and long term effect mayb skin cancer)

Wednesday, 14 February 2007

ONE night when i woke up, I smell something nice...wahh..smell so homely 1..then I called my mother...She say, oh ya...She is making Peanut COOKIES...u noe, those round round cookies with a pimple on top 1...WAA...can smell from here man...Then i go out of the room, EI...MY MUM is in the kitchen with my sisters, all making peanut cookies!!! WAA...just like the good old days..I joined them n it was SUPERBLY fun...we roll n roll the balls, NO NO NO NO NO..this can't be true..I must be dreaming..

IAM INDEED DREAMING!!...

Haih..THis reminds me of Chinese New Year..Its just around the corner...How I wish I am home..2 Years din eat Thuan Yuan Fan...how come i stil yuan yuan 1...To bring up the CNY mood, I Decided 2 make Peanut Cookies...

I startes looking for the recipe online...Finally got it from one of the aunty aunty's blog..NO offence..It was of great help..(incase the makcik makcik decided to visit my blog..)

Itwas very simple but the kacau part is to remove the kacang skin..any1 knows the special way to seperate the skin from the kacang please tell me..

I even thought of using some enzyme that can make the skin soft (like what we learned in biology).When i attempt to make kacang soup, i tried boiling the kacang, but the skins are still a nuisancceeeee...

Nowthat i need to fry the kacang, the skin becomes brittle..which is easier to remove, but not separated. Then i remembered a song from primary school..

dis 1..is taken after i cum back from work...Despite the antartika cold atmosphere, n the eerie ghastly feeling till my micro-bulu roma all naik, i manage to turn n quickly snap the picture of the last part of the steps..then...RUNNNNN...luckily no UNidentified CRawling, walking or FLYing object in in the pic...

afterdat..i decided to go aberdeen...(mayb dirasukkk)

Reasons:1) nothing much to do cos my weekly badminton activity was cancelled.

2) To overcome my sadness of not going for a ski trip..all bcos of this FAT guy:

3) Din go aberdeen B4...

EARLY friDAY...(real earlyyy)

BANGUn PAgi..gosok gigi..

WEntto the royal mail collection place 2 get my NEW HANFON!!!..new hanfone...i repeat new HANFOn...hanfon baru...xin shou ji...sin tian wei...hohho..actually cud collect later..but due 2 my KETIDAKSABARAN, went all the way 2 get it b4 i chao for ABERDEEN...(back up if i super boring..)

THE last thing i remember was tapau bread n grapes n goin up the bus..After reach aberdeen::::........blank...........then............blank...........NOWthat I Gain my sanity...my memories r coming back...THEweather in ABerdeen macam tahi...i was surprised no puting beliung..we only had TAUFAN...n my brain stopped working for 2 days due 2 hypothermia..ITs better 2 jus stay athome..

DIS 1..hoho..So CAlled NO 1 FISh n CHiPS in UK..n this is a 1lb whale that if you finish this, they will give you another exact same 1 for freeeee...n if YOu finish BOTH, they giv u a CERTIFICATE...haha..LAWAK JOE>>>

afterdat, there are afew more not that super drilling sound where i manage to cover with intentional coughs...hopefully..

IS it just me OR...I think my stomach growl easily here lo..N HUngrY all the time oso...ANY1 else got same experience, pls tell meeeee...so i feel better..It happened many times b4, but not as loud as today's...till every1 turned n look, n 2 of the girls even laugh..ITS so LOUD that IT wud be too OBvious if they pretend they DIN hEAr...haih...

Due to keboringan, I'll start thinking what to cook tonight..although its not my name on the timetable as i just jala-ed on thursday..due to sum unforeseen reasons, ITs my turn 2 cook again..YEAI...COOKING ...hmm...have to start planning again..MENU OF THE DAY...

Most surprising - Ball Ball Chicken Rice..(when my eating mate opened the rice cooker, no one expected 2 see so many BALLS...)

DUe 2 the sudden wave of study that strike me, I shall not include the recipe here..for those who want to try, please visit: www.howtocooksuperdifficultmajesticturkeywithgroundnutandvege.com (substitute with the name of food you want to cook)

Saturday, 3 February 2007

Due to my special interest in eating (tanda-tanda kegemukan), i've decided to try cooking new stuff dat a dear fren recomended..ROTI JALA, in inglish NET BREAD..Before making, as usual, I'll picture it in my head how it will turn out..MONOLOG DALAMAN: First, cook the curry, chop onion, put curry powder, chicken, hmm..curry settled,oo.dun forget coconut milk, dun let the base CHOW TA..(that happened to my first try of curry in fraser court)..ok, while waiting for the curry to cook, prepare the paste for NeTTIng..shud b quite simple..add all together n mix then jus use the sieve n sieve into the pan in circular motion(as stated in the recipe..)

WOOOOKKKEEEHHH!!!...SETTLE..HMM..

Stuffs all bought, chicken prepared, flour all got oredi..Lets start make now..It went quite well with the curry..(as I biasa cook curry oredi la..)JALA JALA JALA...when i start sieving the batter into the pan:-

MANAtau...ZaRaH-ZaraH Jala Batter istoo big for the small hole of the Sieve that I use to sieve my KOPI..cis...Nothing cum out..I Imagine a constant flow of batter that i can turn it in circular motion following the shape that i want...BUT all that came out is just DROPS of batter that end up burnt on the pan..

ThEn 1 fat FElla think DAt it LOoks easy.."CUm la..i make la.."(after i oredi make 90% of it..) He pour in da batter (like making Pancake) then use da spoon to kacau kacau..like making scrambled egg..HASIL KERJA: SHIt like ScramBLed JALA..